That makes a lot of sense. I guess I would have expected cloud providers to push the industry into newer (but stable) technologies. As web dev continues to matu

That makes a lot of sense. I guess I would have expected cloud providers to push the industry into newer (but stable) technologies. As web dev continues to mature and becomes increasingly interested in fast, real-time, application development, I have to think that user demand will eventually force cloud providers' hands. That said, there are clearly other considerations at hand. I definitely think there's a market to provide services that support these protocols, of which Firebase is evidence. The only problem is Firebase, while great for smaller, quick projects, has some major issues at scale.